Source-to-Pay: Selecting More Than One E-Sourcing Tool
Later this week, Spend Matters will publish our latest Compass research brief covering the source-to-pay technology market: Next Level Sourcing and Commodity Management: Evaluating the Capabilities of ERP Providers Compared to Independ…
Ariba and SAP: Integration, Planning and Solution Roadmaps (Part 1)
Earlier this week, SAP announced that it had closed its acquisition of Ariba, following the deal’s clearance by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). We covered this announcement on Spend Matters and Spend Matters PRO on Monday. Of cours…
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-07-06
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: Dell is buying Quest Software. The “Toad” company. Oracle loses another court case, this one involving resale (in the EU) of “used” software downloaded over the Internet. This could have wide-ranging impact on all digital media, not just software. There are still a lot […]
Friday Rant: Will Oracle Go Shopping? Post Ariba/SAP Acquisition Strategy… (Part 2)
A couple Fridays ago, after SAP announced they were acquiring Ariba, we attempted to wax eloquent about potential moves that Oracle might take in response — if they do anything at all. To this last point, it’s important to realize in any corporate development situation that the internal M&A team’s job is often focused as much on saying “no” as finding a way to say “yes.”
The Ariba Fallout — How the SAP Procurement Partner and BPO Ecosystem Could be Shaken Up
If SAP closes the Ariba acquisition, the ecosystem that has been so important to SAP (especially in SRM and directly linked areas such as e-invoicing) could be in for a serious shake-up. Spend Matters believes that providers that have …
SAP internal memo names top cloud competitors
Photo credit: iStockphoto Who does SAP view as it’s primary competitors in the cloud? Software vendors are not always willing to be clear on this topic, but an internal memo from the company’s cloud boss, Lars Dalgaard, tells the story: # 1 – HCM + Finance with Workday as no. 1 competitor, and Netsuite, Oracle/Taleo, […]
SAP and Ariba: Initial Customer and Competitive Takeaways
Last night, Spend Matters published our initial detailed comparative analysis (for Spend Matters PRO subscribers) of the SAP/Ariba acquisition announcement from a customer vantage point in the areas of sourcing, spend analysis, supplie…
SAP and Ariba: How Much Has the Business Case for Acquisition Changed Over the Years?
The Spend Matters team is furiously writing and research stories on the SAP and Ariba transaction for publication tomorrow and later in the week (you can read our initial coverage here, here and here). In the process of looking at what…
Ariba: Probing on SAP’s New Procurement and Supplier Network “Angel”
When a company goes through the due diligence process looking to acquire another organization prior to the signing of a definitive agreement or announcement, it typically has a code name for the project. Historically, the suitor uses t…
SAP ruptures the procurement universe by scooping up Ariba
With its $4.3 billion cash offer, SAP answered every procurement technologist’s question, “Who is going to buy Ariba?” While this acquisition will rupture the procurement technology universe, HfS believes the real question that supply chain and finance professionals must ask is, “Now that SAP finally has a credible commerce network, can I eliminate and automate processes I’ve been busily outsourcing?”
